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Very, very helpful. I'll update my wishlist and talk to some of the guys at the office. Thanks very much!

Hmmm, then i might lean towards xeon, because i know zbrush and maya both use multi threading. Not sure about photoshop or modo.

I put together a couple builds based on some of the advice here as well as reading other threads on this site. I am leaning towards the 3k build because I'm not sure how necessary the dual cpu would be for what I do. I am also not sure about the difference between the Nvidia cards. Is having...

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How does the 980x compare to two Intel Xeon E5620 2.4GHz LGA1366 Quad-Core procressors??

yeeeaaaahhhh... so i'm just gonna stick with the much cheaper quad core. I don't think I will need to do any nanobiology research or anything Thanks for the help!

How much power would be lost with dual 1800's vs a single 4800 card? I am building a workstation for predominantly modeling in maya, modo, zbrush and some photoshop work. I also work in the unreal engine a lot.

What is folding, doesn't it have something to do with aliasing?

I do modeling in maya, modo, and zbrush. Stuff in photoshop, topogun, that kinda stuff. Almost no rendering.

How much of a performance difference is there? Would the extra 2 cores help with anything other than rendering animation?

I heard the next wave of ssd are just around the corner. 2011 1st quarter. Not totally sure though, but it might be worth waiting.

So I heard from a friend that the next series of ssd are coming out soon. Any info on those?

Thanks Plugwash, def helps give me some places to start looking. I'll be back in a few weeks with a list of specific parts and see if they are good quality/ fit together/ etc

Bump! Looks like I will be buying this thing for xmas. All the same info from the original post still applies.

alright, thanks man. i wont bug you with any more noob questions. Ill be back when I'm actually buying this thing

are those gaming cards or workstation?

lol, thanks for the tip. I've heard Nvidia is coming out with new video cards soon, I think it was 6xxx series? I was thinking about getting a workstation card, but I have been told elsewhere to avoid them. Maybe these new ones will be better.

Yeah I figured as much. I guess I will just poke around stickies and try to get a general idea of how to actually put one together. thanks for the quick reply

I recently got a job as a character artist at a video game company. I've got some cash heading my way that is already burning a hole in my pocket and I would really like to upgrade my hunk of junk to something that will have less trouble with what I do. Any advice would be great! 1) What...